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Eyecare Advice from Eye Health Week 2023

During National Eye Health Week (18th - 24th September), several organisations in the sector gave advice on different aspects of looking after your eyes.

Fight for Sight's Tips to maintain good eye health has general advice on topics such as checking your family history and taking regular screen breaks.

Vision Matters is raising awareness of the links between smoking and sight loss, and has produced an Eye Health Calculator.

Glaucoma UK is asking people to Take a Minute for your Sight and has produced a series of 60 second videos to raise awareness about glaucoma and emphasise the significance of timely information dissemination in safeguarding our sight.

RNIB has produced new, free resources to support everyone waiting to see an eye specialist, which you can access here.